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Of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, well feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin outside of cleveland. Well learn how the canal plays a major role in western expansion. The ohio canal is part of a twocanal system that was put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832. And basically its a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river which is part of a large idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated along the atlantic seaboard. And our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle. The appalachian mountains. Our first president , george washington, happened to be a canal engineer, had an idea. That idea was to create a transcontinental water
Why did we choose this topic, i dont know. Did you . Fall, chris took my civil war class out to Little Round Top and did an incredible job, not just telling us about what happened at Little Round Top, but he also did a really insightful job of helping my students understand the construction of historical narratives and focusing on chamberlain. A different way for my students to understand. Before chris gets going, i want to do a quick plug. Chris is a Gettysburg College alum. 2006. Raduated in i while at gettysburg is when believe you began to do some volunteer work for the park. My first year at the college, i worked at the institute. Internship at an the park working with john and scott. It was my First National park experience and i fell in love with it. I have been fortunate enough to make a career out of it. It has been a wonderful journey. I wish i was a student now. The program does Amazing Things across parks. So many things. I wish i had at my disposal when i was a student. I
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